Can 46 rich dudes buy an election?

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GEEZER

Monday, March 26, 2012 9:35 PM

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Originally posted by Niki2:
I think I'll wait until the general election really starts to see how the percentages come out. It's natural to me that the Big Guys would be ahead of the curve when it comes to gearing up, and Obama just recently started running. We'll see what the percentages are once it becomes a two-man race.

Considering that Obama has already raised more than the remaining Republican contenders combined, and you consider that he's "just recently started running", you should probably hope that money buys the election.

AURAPTOR

Monday, March 26, 2012 11:07 PM

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Originally posted by Geezer:
But interestingly enough, all the current Republican candidates except Romney have raised a higher percentage of their money from small contributions ($200.00 or less) than Obama.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-03-20/obama-gop--fund
raising-february/53676854/1?loc=interstitialskip

None of them has gotten my money. I might not give anything but my vote. If that.

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ANTHONYT

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:21 AM

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
I think I'll wait until the general election really starts to see how the percentages come out. It's natural to me that the Big Guys would be ahead of the curve when it comes to gearing up, and Obama just recently started running. We'll see what the percentages are once it becomes a two-man race.

Considering that Obama has already raised more than the remaining Republican contenders combined, and you consider that he's "just recently started running", you should probably hope that money buys the election.

Hello,

Money only buys the election if we buy what the PAC sells.

I'm ashamed of us, the citizenry, for what we will buy. Is it really so simple that if you blare a message at us long enough and loud enough and often enough we'll believe it?

--Anthony

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RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:20 AM

I think the answer to the subject question is unfortunately yes. :(
(how do people usually make an angry face? I sometimes do it like this :l or like this :o but I want to know how one is supposed to do it in a socially recognizable sense. I think more faces will be helpful.

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GEEZER

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:12 AM

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Is it really so simple that if you blare a message at us long enough and loud enough and often enough we'll believe it?

Unfortunately, that's probably the case. "We can get something for nothing" or "God wants it this way" seem to appeal to a lot of people. Bread and circuses, anyone?

NIKI2

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:54 PM

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I'm ashamed of us, the citizenry, for what we will buy. Is it really so simple that if you blare a message at us long enough and loud enough and often enough we'll believe it?

As you said, apparently so. Tho' it hasn't worked in all states, I see, it happens all too often. I'm ashamed of us as a people as well.

Unfortunately it's an illustration of the fact that so many aren't willing to find the facts for themselves but prefer to swallow what they're told. Which puts those with power in the media and those with money to lie in advertising in charge most of the time. It's sad that some haven't correlated the fact that advertisements lie in order to get us to buy something with the fact that political advertisements are merely doing the same.

The one that blew my mind was the Romney ad:

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Obama's words were edited in a section where he is heard to say, “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” Obama was actually quoting his Republican opponent. The full quote is: “Senator McCain’s campaign actually said, and I quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.”

That's so blatant it's unbelievable.

SIGNYM

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:32 AM

Actually Geezer, what I said was IF corporations have individual rights, then they should have individual responsibilities too. Thought-experiments not your forte?

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, June 23, 2024 12:56 AM

Other elections

Nigel Farage has doubled down on his claims that the West provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine after he was slammed by rivals Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer for the comments.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/farage-doubles-down/

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